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Dogfish Head World Wide Stout 2001/2003-Present (18%)

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RatingsAverageScoreSeasonalABVStyle PctlServe in
14014.15/5.04.15/5.0Winter18%96.1Snifter
Commercial Description:
This listing encompasses: A) the November, 2001 release (18% abv), B) the November, 2003 U.S. (but not U.K.) release (18.8% abv), C) the November, 2004 release (18% abv), and D) the November 2005 release (17.8% abv) and E) all subsequent releases due both to their similarity in alcohol content and a lack of change in recipe. None of the releases’ labels provides its ABV, however:
2001 - (18%) displays the unaltered words "Vim and Vigor" on the label, gold cap
"Vim and Vigor" is crossed out only on the 2002 release (23%), which is not rated under this listing
2003 - U.S. release (18.8%). No "Vim and Vigor" present, gold cap.
2004 - Bright yellow cap, no date stamp
2005 - Bright yellow cap, date stamp
2006 - Dark green cap, date stamp
2007 - Dark green cap, date stamp
2008 - Yellowish-green cap, date stamp
World Wide Stout is one of the world’s strongest dark beers. It is brewed using six different yeast strains over seven months and then aged for half a year. Dark, rich, roasty, and complex, World Wide Stout has more in common with a fine port than a can of cheap, mass-marketed beer (released in early winter with very limited availability).
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 dmac (1442), Toms River, New Jersey, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/105/517/20
Jan 10, 2008  
12 oz bottle. Pours a medium thickness pitch black body with a small milk chocoalte brown head. Aroma that is syrupy sweet with notes of vanilla, chocolate and cherry with a touch of tobacco. Medium to full bodied with lively tight carbonation yet a silky smooth feel. Flavor of vanilla and tobacco with a touch of chocolate and a slight touch of alcohol, not much considering this is 18%. This is the Ving Rames of beer....dark, strong and smooth.


 joshwilfong (776), Cleveland, Ohio, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/103/517/20
Jan 9, 2008  
dark brown/black appearance with rather slight white/brown head. immediately the fumes of alcohol echo off of this beer. there are also some notes of roasted malts in the nose. the flavor has a huge alcohol component throughout, but roasted, chocolate malts are also present and really give this beer a very nice flavor that has good hop balance and maybe a slight hop appearance towards the end. the alcohol at the finish gives the beer a very nice depth, but the presence of the alcohol throughout ends of detracting from the beer. an interesting beer, but it would be much better if it were 10%


badman (5), USA
does not count click to see why this rating of Dogfish Head World Wide Stout 2001/2003-Present (18%) does not count
1.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/105/51/101/51/20
Jan 9, 2008  
I have no idea how this is so highly rated. My experience was very different, with no character apart from the overwhelming and nasty alcohol content. I love dogfish head’s 60 and 90 min IPA, and their liquors besides, but this was just strong for the sake of being strong. 1 dimensional and worthless. Maybe I got a bad bottle, but it was terrible.


 emacgee (1864), Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/518/20
Jan 7, 2008    Updated: Mar 7, 2008
Tried a 2003 vintage with Turdferguson (Thanks Sam). Poured a dark viscous that allows some light through. Sits black in the glass. Leaves a black film when swirled and manages to coax a one finger creamy brown head. Nice mellow nose, lite alcohol, fruits, molasses, sweet but not cloying. Nice mellow flavor, hides the 18% well (as in it feels like 10%), molasses, smooth portlike flavors, grape tannins and vanilla with warmth. The palate is very full and viscous, velvet. Goes down warm.


 dankman38 (228), Somewhere in, Ohio, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/57/103/515/20
Jan 7, 2008  
Pours a deep, oily black/brown with a tannish/brown head. The nose is sweet and rich with a bit of milk chocolate. The flavor is sweet, reminds me of a sweet, strong liquor. Finishes with a rum like after-taste. Really good but I’d save it for a special dessert. 2006 bottling.


 Cobra (1061), In a van, down by the river, Maryland, USA
4.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/105/510/105/518/20
Jan 7, 2008  
2003 batch, notched in side of label. Gold cap. Poured out a dark chocolate brown, with a very minimal mocha colored head. Tasted in a vertical with the 23%ABV 2002 batch. Aromas are more blended than the 2002 batch. They consist of dark chocolate truffles, baking chocolate, roasted malts and some coffee. Flavors are of molasses, rum soaked raisins, grape skins, alcohol. This beer has less alcohol than it’s older cousin, but it still packs a wallop. Thick & chewy mouthfeel. Slick, oily and smooth as silk going down. The hops have stuck around in this batch, providing balance to the huge malty flavors. Truly a godsend of beers. Makes me wish I had more than 4 more aging in my cellar.


 chicagodri (1041), Chicago, Illinois, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/517/20
Jan 5, 2008  
Wow, doesn’t really taste like an 18% beer. Pours black with a thin brown head. Nicely sweet chocolate aroma. Seems like it has some dark fruit in it. Very sweet and the chocolate and coffee tones come through well. I enjoyed this beer a lot. Goes down smooth.


 Petrucci914 (578), Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA
2.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/53/102/58/20
Jan 5, 2008    Updated: May 22, 2008
Pours black with a quickly dissipating tan head. Aroma is chocolate, dark fruit, and alcohol. Taste is slight chocolate and hoppy with some alcohol burn. Don’t understand the love for this beer. Not good. To the drain it goes. Save yourself the money and lick a bum’s asshole for free.



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